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- Ingredients: Line a 8" square cake tin with two layers of parchment paper, bottom and sides of cake tin
- 250g Butter
- 125g Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 200g Plain flour (sifted with baking powder)
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Mixed spice
- 500g Mixed dried fruit
- 100g Pitted prune - cut to small pieces
- 100g Walnut - chop to small pieces
- 2 tbsp Rum
- 2 tbsp Rum compound
- 2 tbsp Orange juice
- Orange zest from one orange
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
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